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Thursday 22 May 2025 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Culture, Local, National
Chairman of the Special Select Committee on Religious Organisations, Minister Tingika Elikana, on day one of the submissions hearings in Parliament in February 2025. MELINA ETCHES/25021219
The proposed constitutional amendment to declare the Cook Islands a Christian nation has been rejected by a Parliamentary committee, which deemed it discriminatory and a violation of fundamental human rights, and further recommended the repeal of the Religious Organisations Restrictions Act.
The proposed constitutional amendment to declare the Cook Islands a Christian nation has been rejected by a Parliamentary committee, which deemed it discriminatory and a violation of fundamental human rights, and further recommended the repeal of the Religious Organisations Restrictions Act.
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Comments
Bill Carruthers on 23/05/2025
We members of the "Church Of The Invisible Pink Unicorn" applaud this sensible decision of the committee, as do all non- cult followers in the Cooks.